Distributing-spout.



UNITED sra'rnsA PATENT orrioE.l

THOMAS HENRY Kameraden, or roNrEIX, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

- DISTRIBUTING-SPOUT.

nl l *y L To ali what?. #may concern.'

Be it known .that I, THOMAS H. -KAvA- i NAGH, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Ponteix, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canadmfhave invented new and useful Improvements' in Distributingj Spouts, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relatesto distributing spouts for grain elevators. y v

Une object ofthe inventionis to produce a spout'.v which may be readily adjusted and f manipulated so as to discharge into varithe invention, it being, however, un erstood f n tions within the scope of the claims may bel o'usly 'located bins.

'A further obfect of the invention is' to produce a distributing spout whereby when the bin into which the flow isdirected has beenilleolthe` overflow will be directed to the working am of the elevator, thereby :20.

preventing choking. f i A further ob `ect of the invention is to produce a construction of a .distributing spout having a telescopic extension and A further object 'of the inventionV is lto simplify and improve the general construction and arrangement of parts constituting the improved device.

Withthese and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con-r sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which.` will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointedy out in the claims.

In the accompanyingfdrawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred' orm of that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structuraly details therein exhibited, u

but that changes, alterations, and modificaresortedt'o when desired.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of the improved distributing spout illustrating the position of the parts when the spout is not inuse. Fig.

2A is a similar view showing the lspout arrangedfor operation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 -3 in'Fig. 1.` Fig. 4 is a `sectional detail view showing a por-- tion of the discharge spoutl with its extern,

sion member in engagement with one of the l, pockets or cesses designed to prevent ro-' ,f tationv of the niain spout. lEig. 5A isav sec-y Patented lua'r. 21, 1.916.V

Y i p Application led August 4, 1915. f Se ria1Nlo.43,674, n

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view ool ing on a. circular track 19 which surrounds the opening 2O in the cupola licor thltongh y vwhich the spout extends. The lower d of` the spout extends tothe working floor 21 ofthe elevator and discharges through an opening 22 into the pit 23.1ocated below.

Above the cupola Hoor the diameter of the spout increases, and it terminates in a haml ber orvhousing 24 having an upwardly extending collar 25 which surroundsthe feed funnel 26 on which said collar is capable of The feed funnel receivesthe telescoping.

v'grain that is being elevated to the distributing spout, but thel elevating means have not been shown as it forms no ypart oflthd present invention. y ,A l

The chamber or'housing -24 is -pr vided with a'divergent discharge branch 27 hich extends radially with respect to the inain ,bodv of the spout and which is downwardlyl Y i inclined, as shown. VThe discharge branch or duct 27 is provided with a telescoping extension 28 having a downwardly directed discharge nozzle 29 which is so shaped or.l

constructedthat when the extension member 28 is retracted or drawn upward on the discharge branch 27, the` wall of said. nozzle Will obstruct the lower end ofthe branch 27,

preventing the discharge of materia theren through. When the extension mein er 28 is projected, the'nozzle 29 is capable of engaging or'entering into a recess 30 lin the cupola door, thereby preventing the rotation ofthe main bodvoffthe spoutabout. itsf'axis,

/orin other. words locking the device i111 operative position..

431 is a guiderodfwhich-"is fixed tcithe underside ,of the housng24 and whichfex4 tends 'through'atubular sleeve 32 connected withjthe' underside of the extension memberr 28, id sleeve serving to Vaccommodate a spring 33which is coiled about the guide rod and=" which serves to project the extension', member. r Thel guide rod is provided with a., v 4

sleeve 32,-therebylimiting-the extent` to the action Yofthe spring 3,3.

which the member'28 maybe projected by Arranged within the housing 24 below the.

feedfunne-l 26 is a deector 35, whereby grain-passing `through the funnel ,is deiected inthe direction of the branch 27 through which it is vertically discharged.

The interior Vof the housing is accessible through a I door' 36.'

"In'the 'lower' part vof the grain-elevator, above ,the working floor, is arranged a key or pin yi'abutti'ng on the end of the 'i ple and convenient distributing spout vwhich is capable of beingreadily installed ina grain elevator of conventional.construction at small expense and lwhich Will greatly facilitate the handling of grain and avoid delays caused by choking of the device. If

any obstructions fshould'lodge in the upper.

partof the spout' or in the housing 24, such obstructions will be readily accessible through'the door 36. The collar '25 atthe upper end 'ofthe main spout which tele-` -scopes on the feed funnel will serve topre vent vthe spout' from beingdisconnected bracket 37 through Whichthe :main body of i the teedfs'pout is guided,said"bracketf supportmgia dial orindicator 38 having numbers or other indicia to indicate-the location of the various bins yinto-Which grain may n I 'be discharged. Clam'ped uponk the'body of thespout isan arm39 having a lock pin 40 which may engage any one of a plurality of apertures 411in the dial for the purpose vof Iretaiuingthe'distributing spout securely in its Idesired adjusted position.` Pivotally 'con- 25 nectedwithl` theA arm 39 isahand4 lever42,

s'aid lever being connected i by asuitably guided ,l'exible'elemeng such as `a cord or cable43, ,withthe extension member 28,

whichv 'latter may thus beretracted against l the'tension of they spring 33, thelever 42 be- 1 bin of the elevator.v When the bin isiullto ing :capable of. being lretained in adjusted.

positionby meansv of a ratchet bar or some equivalent locking device.

In the operation of thisinvention grain that is elevated from the pit or from any source of supply, and delivered into the feed funnel 26 will be discharged over the deiiec-l `from the feed funnel" in casexof uneven setv tling of theelevator structurel f 80 Having 'thusl described the invention;V

what is claimed as'new, is

'1. Ina distrib ting spout expanded to form 'a housing atjts upper for l elevators, t u a vertically disposed "main, body: I supported for rotation' about its axis, said 'body beings end, a -fe'ed funnell arranged"tofdischarge-vV i into the housing, a dischar e branch extending fromy the. housing, a elector 'arranged inthe path; of material fedi'nto'the housing and directed toward the discharge spout, and means Afor obstructing'- the delivery end of the discharge spout, saidmeans consist-l ing of an extension member'telesfroping-ony the discharge spout andhav-ng a discharge nozzle, and Ameans forl adjusting. the exten'- .slon member" to place the4 wall'ofth'e discharge nozzle in obstructing position' Withjf tor 35 into the branch 27 and thence through the extension member 28 and nozzle 29', the spout having previouslybeen rotated ,about its axis by means of the ar'xn 39 soas to disposethe nozzle todischarge into the desired I overflowing, the strearnpcming/ from the source of supply will pass beneath the lower edgefof fthe deflector 35 and into. the main body ofthe spout, being therc"j,rieonducted to the pit and thus preventing'fchoh'ingx.; the

" device. By manipulating the lever 3Q the extension member 23 Imay ney retracted againstth'e'tension of the spring '33'until the` wall of the'nozzle 29 obstructsthe' discharge uncovered,A when the grainlwill again flow through the discharge spout or braucht As Willbe seen from the foregoin,f ;yde'- sc'rip'tion, I .have 'provided an'y extremely simtension -meniber against the tensione-f thei 11sl respect tothe discharge spout.

2. In a distributlng spout yfor elle# ,vators, a vertically disposed main body supported for rotation about its aXls andtermb'V nating atlitsgupper endin 'a housing, ja"fe ed funnel discharging into said h'ousing",a.dis-l charge branch extending froml theho'using,

a defiectorl Within thehoiising located '-in the path of incoming material and directedf toward the discharge branch, an extension member telescoping on thelatter and having i a nozzle,;the wall of which is adapted to" obstruct, passage' of material therethrough,

spring means lfor projecting said-extension j' member,' and means for 'retracting' the 'ex' spring.

3. In a distributing spout for grain ele# vators, a main bodyfsupported for rotation `and. havin atits upper end a housing provided witha. discharge' branch, a spring pro.

jected extension telescoping on thedischarge branch andhavin'g anozzle','the'wall of which is 'adapted to obstruct the deliveryv l" i end thereoan arm clampedon lthe main body. alever fnl'rumed on saidf`arm',land a suitably guided H exible element connecting said lever with the. spring projected extension to retract the latter against the tension of the spring.

4.111 .a device of the class described, the v isc combination with suitable supporting means including a. cupola Hoor having a recess', of

avertically dlsposed main spout supported*- for rotation about its axis and terminating in a housing at its upper end, e' rdischarge branch extending from said housing, an ex tension member telescoping on the discharge branch andlfhaving a ldischarge nozzle, the wall of' which is adapted to obstruct the outlet. of the discharge branch, 'and means for i0 retreating an'ciffjprojecting the extension member, the nozzle of said extension member'being adpted to engage the recessy in A the cupola, floor, thereby obstructing rota.- tion of the main spout about its axis,

4In testimony whereof I aiiix my Signature 

